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Wednesday 26 May 2010

Malcolm Fraser has resigned from the Liberal Party. Friends and colleagues say that he is disturbed by the direction the party has taken. Mr Fraser was Prime Minister from 1975 to 1983 winning three elections for the Liberal Party. More

The leader of the Liberal Party Tony Abbott says he will not criticise Malcolm Fraser for his decision to resign from the Liberal Party, but he does note that in his latest public statements Mr Fraser said Kevin Rudd was worse than Gough Whitlam. More

There's been a further breakdown in relations on the Korean peninsula. North Korea says it will break off communication with Seoul as payback for blaming the North for the sinking of a South Korea warship two months ago. Pyongyang also says it will expel all South Korean Government officials from a joint industrial park on the border. South Korea has already slashed trade links and refused permission for North Korean cargo ships to pass through its waters. More

The Australian Government is hoping calm heads will prevail in the latest dispute on the Korean Peninsula. Meanwhile, the Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has lambasted his Opposition counterpart Julie Bishop for breaching national security over her suggestions Australian agencies had forged foreign passports for intelligence operations. More

There are calls for the AFL to do more to educate players about what's appropriate behaviour, in the wake of a teenage girl's claim that she fell pregnant after having sex with two AFL players she met at a high school football clinic. More

The Australian Federal Police commissioner Tony Negus has admitted to a Senate committee hearing that the AFP should have acted sooner on allegations of corruption and bribery at the Reserve Bank subsidiary Securency International. The ALP backbencher Kelvin Thomson, Greens Senator Bob Brown and the Independent Senator Nick Xenophon are among those calling for a public inquiry into the allegations. More

Three-hundred people lost their jobs when the abattoir in the New South Wales town of Young abruptly closed in February. As the town asks how their biggest employer could have collapsed, documents have emerged showing that the company's owners had been investigating for fraud and had bought the business using money funnelled through dodgy bank accounts. More

There have now been three recorded cases in Melbourne of a stomach bug that's caused thousands of deaths overseas. Medical professionals say the Quebec strain of Clostridium Difficile is a nasty illness, and the possibility it might spread in Australia is a real concern. More

Stocks on Wall Street plunged below the psychological barrier of 10,000 points before recovering late in the session. Two key measures of risk - the VIX index and LIBOR - have risen on growing fears about European debt. More

From the Archives

Around 500 Indigenous people fought in the First World War, and as many as 5,000 in the second. But many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers who made it home received little or no recognition for their contribution. On Anzac Day, 2007, the first parade to commemorate their efforts and bravery was held in Sydney. Listen to our report from that day by Lindy Kerin.